EVERY local candidate that Mayor Bloomberg has endorsed in the upcoming election is running away from his call to raise property taxes six months earlier than scheduled.

“I have enormous respect for Mayor Bloomberg‘s fiscal acumen and was proud to work with him to bring the city out of the 2001 downturn, but without much more information, I can’t support raising taxes in the city at this time,” said City Councilman Mike McMahon.

Bloomberg is supporting McMahon, a Democrat heavily favored over Republican Bob Straniere for the Staten Island congressional seat now held by Vito Fossella.

Straniere has been hammering McMahon for voting to raise property taxes by 18.5 percent in 2002.